For this week's nonscientific survey of politics and government insiders, we asked about the direction of the state and the country, the state of the economy and the most important problems facing Texas and the U.S. Full Story
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz released a new ad Tuesday targeting general election voters with a focus on encouraging small business growth and saving the American Dream. Full Story
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The Lower Colorado River Authority, the utility that controls the water in the Highland Lakes, has come under fire from Central Texans for a proposal to send water downstream to rice farmers, who were cut off earlier this year due to drought conditions. Full Story
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In the first installment of a three-part series on Texas Republicans' lock on state government over the past decade, Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune looks at the early days of the GOP's domination. Full Story
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Federal authorities say Texas health officials must resolve rounding errors that lead to mere pennies worth of Medicaid overpayments. The fix could end up costing Texas taxpayers more than $1 million. Full Story
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One of the filmmakers behind the new documentary Ann Richards' Texas on the legacy of the former Texas governor, how he — a New Yorker — became interested in her story and why she is getting so much attention this year. Full Story
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Election Day is quickly approaching, but in Texas this week, a huge lawsuit involving most of the state's school districts has managed to steal some of the spotlight. Full Story
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After school district lawyers attacked Texas for underfunding public schools, an attorney for the state shot back, saying that decisions made at the local level — not the state — were to blame for school districts’ failures. Full Story
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Your evening reading: school finance trial begins; Clinton to stump for Gallego in San Antonio; Libertarian in U.S. Senate race launches TV ad Full Story
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Libertarian John Jay Myers, a candidate for U.S. Senate, released a TV ad emphasizing his anti-war and pro-gay-marriage views. Full Story
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The Congressional Leadership Fund has launched a TV ad attacking Democrat Pete Gallego in his CD-23 race against U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio. The group said it will spend more than $1 million in that swing district. Full Story
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On Oct. 15, I talked with retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, about health care, higher education, Rick Perry and assorted highlights of her nearly 20 years in office. Full Story
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Texas Republicans are used to playing offense — and winning. But in the sprawling 23rd Congressional District, in which U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco is being challenged by state Rep. Pete Gallego, they have a fight on their hands. Full Story
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Opening arguments begin Monday in a major school finance case pitting more than 500 school districts against the state in a legal battle that could reshape how money is distributed to classrooms across Texas. Full Story
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As the trial over how Texas funds its public schools kicks off, we've compiled all our school finance coverage — from the battles of the last legislative session to the latest developments in the case — in one place. Full Story
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When Ken Armbrister, chief legislative aide to Gov. Rick Perry, said last week that Perry had told him he was going to run for re-election in 2014, Armbrister may have done his boss a favor. Full Story
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Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Texas this week to stump for state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio, the Gallego campaign has announced. Full Story
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Early voting in Texas begins today, and campaigns across the state don't want you to forget it. Full Story
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The battle between the Sierra Club and Harold Simmons' Waste Control Specialists nuclear disposal site is intensifying as Andrews County joins the fray with a lawsuit against the environmental group. Full Story
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Our reporting on political races continues with Aaronson in Dallas’ Kent-Villalba contest in HD-114, Aguilar on the Lozano-Gonzalez Toureilles race in HD-43, Ramshaw on the heated Davis-Shelton battle in Tarrant County’s SD-10, Root on the introduction of Jesus into the Canseco-Gallego race in CD-23, Batheja contrasts ways to pay for new road projects in Texas, Grissom on the difference between county and state lockups for juveniles, Hamilton profiles the Senate’s new honcho of higher education, Murphy’s latest data drilling on Super PACs and presidential contributions by ZIP code, M. Smith’s report on cheerleaders and religion in Kountze, and video of E. Smith’s conversation with four experts on the future of Medicare: The best of our best from Oct. 15 to 19, 2012. Full Story
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